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Queer Eye
2018 · TV series · 50 min episodes · 10 seasons
Created by David Collins
An all-new “Fab Five” advise men on fashion, grooming, food, culture and design in this modern reboot of the Emmy Award-winning reality series.
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A TV/Streaming queue/schedule - Return to passive, lean-back TV
Do you hate (I do) being in charge of "what to watch tonight" on streaming?
This app would let you put your chosen streaming or broadcast shows (across networks, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc.) in an old-school weekly TV Guide grid.
So, Tuesday we'd watch The Bear then Queer Eye then Prank Panel. Wednesday we'd watch Bake Squad then Star Trek, etc. You could even schedule "movie night" w/ a queue (maybe randomized) of movies on our watch list.
Of course, better than broadcast or a fixed schedule, if you miss Episode S2E6 of in the timeslot you assigned to a show, it would just rollover to its next timeslot.
Even if there's no way easy way to build a universal TV grid that actually plays the shows directly, just having our pre-decided "TV schedule" would save so much hunting and negotiation.
You mean you don't want to watch Love is Blind, Love is Blind Japan, Love is Blind Brazil, Love is Blind Season 2, Queer Eye seasons 1-5, Queer Eye Germany...??
I have a budget per month for media subscriptions ($30) and I just cycle through services.
For example, I want to see the new season of Curb and some movies, so I got HBO max for a month. Last month, I had Netflix to catch up on some Queer Eye and other shows.
I've been using YT premium since it came out, and really enjoy that service.
Well, we now have positive queer role models in other shows mixed in with those caricatures, which is leaps and bounds above what we used to have. Go back and watch In Living Color's Men On Film, which is one of the more "positive" portrayals. I find it incredibly cringeworthy today.
Shows like Next Top Model and Queer Eye play up their queerness for ratings, but that's actually progress: queer folks (actually played by other queer folks, not straight people parodying us) are being queer on camera, and people want to watch them for that. Millions of people. It's actually the point of those shows. That's huge!
Commonly people's first reaction to things they don't understand or things that are unusual is fear. I used to resent Will and Grace for being over the top, contrived, and playing on stereotypes. But I think, like Big Bang Theory, however cringeworthy the humor is, they've both put gay folks and nerdiness in prime television slots. People watch them, and they become less "foreign" to millions of televison watchers. They're made relateable (simply because not as many folks would watch it if it wasn't), and in turn nerdiness and queerness are made relateable and understandable. I don't need to watch either, but... I don't have to. It's not for me.
Friends is my most watched show on Netflix, but that's because there are 10 seasons with 24 episodes each (i.e. a lot of content) and it's just something that plays in the background while I do other stuff. I wouldn't care too much if it was removed, but I would if they took away Stranger Things, Ozark, Our Earth, The Crown, Altered Carbon, Narcos, Santa Clarita Diet, BoJack Horseman, Queer Eye, all the comedy specials and lots more.
I'm pushing 40 and I can already feel a gap between myself and the 20-somethings. I don't get all of their jokes, I don't know the popular bars or bands, and I don't like doing anything that involves thumb-typing. I think a lot of employment is just done by "smell" -- does this person smell like one of "us" or is he an outsider. And I know that at my age, I'm already starting to stink.
So not to pick on the author too much, but he makes the claim, "Actually, I am very much with it. Every year, I read the equivalent of a university semester's worth of books and attend seminars to keep up with the industry and its latest trends." If I were him there are some things I would do to freshen up.
1) I'd consider going with a modern template for my company site. He has his own company that he runs consulting projects through, but it looks very dated. Simple WordPress instance with a generic theme would be better. Seems like he'd have the skillset required to set that up.
* Avidaid · Project Management · Web Development & Software Design · IT Education || http://www.avidaid.ca/index.php
2) I'd prune content off my LinkedIn and resume. He mentioned 20 years, I don't think there's any reason for anyone to list more than 10 years of work history.
* David Wimsett | LinkedIn || https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwimsett/
3) I'd try and re-write the content for a specific job. I wouldn't go broad, I'd go targeted. He seems keen on being a PM, so I'd limit all work to just PM work. Tell a story, make it a good one. If there's a boring part, or part that isn't relevant to your next job, just leave it out. It's OK to have gaps.
Change this:
> My background is wide and varied. Most of my career has been spent in IT as a developer, business analyst and project manager for different industries. But, I have practiced professionally in many areas to include photography, film making, journalism, blogger, columnist, graphic design, educator, consultant and security expert to name a few. I am also a published author of short stories and novels. This expansive set of experiences gives me a wealth of knowledge to cross reference and draw upon when I solve problems.
To something like:
> Experienced cross-functional team lead with experience managing web, IT, government, and aerospace engineering projects.
I'd also cut lines that are dated. Things that may have been hard in the past, but are no longer relevant. Including a few here:
> Installed a Novel network with word processing, spreadsheet and record keeping capability.
I'd cut all references to projects that didn't look modern. Again, OK to have gaps.
* Look FANTASTIC on social media with professional video movies || http://www.yourstory2video.com/
4) Seems odd that a senior PM would have under 200 contacts on LinkedIn. I get that maybe it wasn't his focus, but I probably add 200 contacts a year... MeetUps, mentoring, new hires, and clients... it only seems hard to put yourself out there, until you do it. LinkedIn and GitHub are the only social networks I use. Networking is always going to be the best way for anyone to find a new job, having a large network helps.
5) Lastly, I feel like age discrimination is real, and rejection sucks, but it's hard to get a sense of confidence from this guy after reading his post. Can someone from Netflix get this guy on the new Queer Eye? Not having confidence is going to really hurt him when it comes to applying for jobs. I don't know how to fix this, but likely seeing a shrink and hitting up the gym a bit would boost his self-esteem. I don't know, I've never been 64, but feel like that's probably good advice for anyone.
Hey, David... if you're reading this, I reached out on LinkedIn. I run the delivery team for a branch of a global agency. I interview a lot of PM candidates. Happy to set up a mock interview and give feedback. Cheers!
Mad Men didn't even have an audience when it aired (<2 million viewers most episodes), and airs on a network that likely won't exist in 5-6 years (or at least won't be producing new content), so it's not super clear to me what your point is about those shows as evidence of how a network grows. The way a network grows is by producing content people want to watch, whether that's disposable content made to last a minute or content made to last the test of time. HBO isn't growing because people are subscribing to watch Sopranos re-runs.
Past reporting suggests churn in most subscription content services is very low, so your Netflix cancellation may be unusual. I'd also add that exclusive content is one part of the story, but there's also a lot of licensed content that's very good on Netflix as on other services.
But for what it is worth, I would rank the following Netflix originals to be "top tier" within their genre -- some of these genres lend themselves more to rewatching than others, and some are closer to my taste than others, some held up in quality through their run more than others, so in a sense I am ranking shows based on their peak quality --
Orange is the New Black; Bloodline; Stranger Things; The Crown; Gilmore Girls AYITL; The OA; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Mindhunter; The Haunting of Hill House; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Master of None; Love; Lady Dynamite; Santa Clarita Diet; GLOW; American Vandal; Maniac; Bojack Horseman; F is for Family; Disenchantment; Hilda; Dark; The Rain; Elite; Chef's Table; Making a Murderer; Shot in the Dark; Wormwood; Wild Wild Country; Salt Fat Acid Heat; Queer Eye; The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell; My Next Guest Needs No Introduction; Lilyhammer; Terrace House; Alias Grace; The End of the Fucking World; Collateral; Wanderlust; Longmire; Black Mirror; Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
In addition to these, the following shows are Netflix originals in my region, indicating that although someone else initially funded them, Netflix bought them for exclusive distribution here, and also meet the above requirements:
Babylon Berlin; Bodyguard; Casé; Crashing; Cuckoo; Derry Girls; The Great British Baking Show; Happy!; Happy Valley; The Investigator; Peaky Blinders; River.
I have pretty broad taste in TV and watch a lot of TV while I am programming or running data analysis, so maybe the breadth of stuff I include here is surprising to most. But to the extent your post is a useful anecdote about how Netflix has no great shows, I'm responding to your challenge to "Name one show" that would meet that criteria.
(These are TV shows only, not films. I haven't really liked many Netflix original films although there are a few I would say are great, like Okja and Roma)